I got nothing today. Kids got the stomach bug early in the week, wife and I got it yesterday.. I was expecting Children to lead to a bunch of spit up, I wasn't expecting to be one of the producers though.
Got these two last July up to Springfield IL during the Legion convention. Taken on the 29’th floor, first Lincoln depot and the small yard just south it. Lincoln Depot by inch53 posted Jan 16, 2016 at 12:06 AM GW-Wabash-NS yard by inch53 posted Jan 16, 2016 at 12:11 AM
From June 2014, an ALP45DP loco, new on the local commuter train agency: It's a dual-power engine, running off diesel (4200 hp) or catenary (5300 hp), with two 2100 hp CAT 3512 diesels under the hood (one of them runs the HEP alternator in addition to providing traction power). It's quite heavy for a four-axle loco, which caused a problem and delayed their deployment - during test runs at Montreal's Central Station, it derailed because the tracks inside weren't strong enough to support its weight (to that point, only the original GE/EE electrics - lightweight boxcabs and steeplecabs, had access to the inside of the station, diesels weren't allowed).
I haven't heard them yet - they're not allowed to use them except under the direst circumstances. But I'm sure I'll hear them from home - I live about a mile away from any tracks or the station. The agency's F59PHIs have the same set of horns. By the way, that was the day I went to pick up my third Crown Victoria... train rides and big cars... a very nice day!
I found this on the Library of Congress site. Another Jack Delano photo showing women working during WWII. This is a class H 4-8-4 on the C&NW in Clinton, Iowa.
That wavy walkway and a small kink in the pipe below has me wondering if this loco had been derailed at some time.
Well, my curiosity about those noise makers was satisfied today! I had just stepped off one the cars, about two cars back from the loco (this time an F59PHI, with the same horn arrangement) when the engineer let off a short blast. It was quite loud, even from behind. It probably would have been loud enough to wake the dead from in front of the engine. It was melodious, though. A nice musical chord. Loud, but nice. I have no idea why he let off that toot, but it's possible that it was to warn people from crossing the tracks away from the designated crossing area. There are a lot of college kids coming off at that hour and some are in a big hurry to catch the subway... making the end justify the means.
